Micratopus aenescens (LeConte, 1848)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 444-445

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416

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scientific name

Micratopus aenescens (LeConte, 1848)
status

 

Micratopus aenescens (LeConte, 1848) View in CoL

Blemus aenescens LeConte, 1848: 473. Type locality: «Georgia» (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy; designated lectotype by Erwin (1974a: 138)] (♀) in MCZ [# 5577].

Micratopus fusciceps Casey, 1914: 43. Type locality: "Vicksburg [Warren County], Mississippi" (original citation). Lectotype, designated by Erwin (1974a: 138), in USNM [# 46973]. Synonymy established by Barr (1971b: 34).

Distribution.

This species occurs from Connecticut (Krinsky and Oliver 2001: 96) to “Indiana” (Schrock 1985: 351), south to southeastern Texas (San Patricio County, UASM) and southern Florida including the Keys (Peck and Thomas 1998: 18), west along the southwest to southwestern California (Riverside County, CAS); one specimen, possibly mislabeled, was seen from western Oregon (Benton County, CNC). The record from “Illinois” (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 152) needs confirmation.

Records.

USA: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MD, MI, MS, NC, NM, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA [IL, OR]

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Micratopus

Loc

Micratopus aenescens (LeConte, 1848)

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Micratopus fusciceps

Casey 1914
1914
Loc

Blemus aenescens

LeConte 1848
1848